The artful species : aesthetics, art, and evolution /

Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and a...

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Aesthetics, art, and evolution
1. Verfasser:
Davies, Stephen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Zusammenfassung:
Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-279) and index (p. [285]-301).
ISBN:
0-19-101585-7
0-19-870963-3
1-283-91916-8
0-19-163311-9
Schlagworte:
Aesthetics.
Human evolution.
Art > Psychological aspects.
Art > Philosophy.
Cultural Evolution > history.
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